Ice-cream container



Dec. 29 1925.

' A. HITZERT ICE CREAM CONTAINER I Filed May 20, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l 6H0: un o- Dec. 29 1925 1,567,594

A. HITZERT ICE CREAM CONTAINER Filed May 20, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 29, 1925.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oFricE.

ALBERT HITZERT, OF SAG-INAW, MICHIGAN.

ICE-CREAM CONTAINER.

Application field May 20, 1925. Serial No. 31,650.

This invention relates to a paper containerfor shipping or delivering brick ice cream and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a container of this character which can be shipped in knocked down and nested position occupying a minimum amount of space and may be readily set up to receive the material to be delivered.

Another object is to provide a container of this character having a combined securing device and bail retainer.

Another object of the invention is to provide a square pail or container of this character which may have one side opened up for nesting when a number of the contain ers are to be shipped.

Another object 'of the invention is to so construct-a containerof this character that the consumer may mark the brick into the desired sizes to be out before opening the container.

Another object of the invention is to provide a paper receptacle or case container of this character which may be cutout from a single piece of material and folded along indicated lines to form a container having flap closures which are held closed by a removable bail which constitutes the handle when the device is set up ready for use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the' invention resides in the com bination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a bottom plan view of a blank from which the container is formed, one end of one of the flaps being turned back to show the connection thereof with the remainder of the blank;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the container partially set up, one end being shown in operative y Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the container with a block of ice cream or other material therein ready for distribution;

Fig. 4 is a similar view taken in a plane at right angles to Fig. 3 on the line 44: of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the container taken in a plane at right angles to the view shown in Fig. 2, and with the parts partly open;

position and the other partial- Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view showing v the mounting of the bail in the container on an enlarged scale.

In the embodiment illustrated the container 1 which may be composed of any suitable material such as heavy manilla paper, card board or the like is struck out from a single piece of such material in the form of :1 Greek cross with the arms connected at. their point of intersection by foldable wings 5 creased along the lines 13 and 14 to'provide for their proper folding when the container is set up shown in Fig. 1. The blank is thus divided into eight subdivisions radiating from a rectangular center 2 which constitutes the bottom of the container. The two arms or divisions marked 3 and their extensions 6 form the ends and two top flaps while those marked 4 and their extensions 7 form the sides of the container and two top flaps. These sides and ends 3 and 4 are connected by the foldable substantially triangular corner wings 5.

The extensions 7 of the side members 4 are folded along the line 8 and then creased at 9 and extended laterally to form top flaps which overlie-the top flaps 6 when the vessel is set up. 'The folded portion 8 provides an upstanding re-enforced section 10, the opposite ends of which are cut off or inclined outwardly as shown at 11. This folded portion 10 .provides a re-enforced support for bendable tongues or prongs 12 which extend through both walls thereof outwardly and are designed to pass through a slot 15 in the corner members. These corner'wings 5 are folded along the lines 13 and 14. to rovide double walled triangular members w ich overlap at their upper ends and through the registering slots 15 of which the bendable tongues 12 are passed and bent over into the position shown at the right of Fig. 2.

" formed of wire has its ends bent inwardly as shown at 21 which ends are designed to pass through the registering apertures 16 and 17 and over the top flaps of the container as shown in Fig. 3 by means of which said flaps are held closed. \Vhen the bail is so inserted the bendable portions of the tongues 12 overlie the arms of the bail as shown at the right of Fig. 2 and hold it in upright position in addition to preventing it from accidental detachment.

The end and side walls 3 and 4 of the container are provided with transversely extending vertically spaced grooves 18 to form markers for the contents of the container when such is in the form of cakes of ice cream or prints of butter. These grooves 18 are spaced diiferent distances apart in the respective side and end members so that the block may be marked according to the wishes of the consumer to be cut in slices of different sizes.

These containersl may be either opened out flat into the position shown in Fig. 1 and shipped in this position or one side thereof may be opened so that the containers may be nested as is the case withordinary pails now in use.

The grooves 18 formed in the side walls of the container are sufficiently sharp to form indentations in the block of cream when the container is tapped lightly on a table or other object to cause these marks to penetrate the blocks. This is done-before the pail is opened and when it is opened the block will be lined along these points where the grooves have contacted therewith and will divide the block into equal parts which may be sliced off.

Another object of these grooves is to form air spaces 19, between the walls of the container and the wrapper in which the block of cream or other material is encased as is shown clearly in Figs. 3 and 4.

l/Vhen the bail 20 is upright, as in carrying the vessel, the fingers or arms 21 which project inwardly therefrom press upon the cover flaps and hold them closed.

The arrangement of the flaps 5 at the ends 4 of the container and the four top flaps Which ovelie each other render the container practically air tight and suitable for carrying ice cream. v v

To remove or open the top the bendable tongues 12 are opened out to permit the bail ends to be removed from the apertures in the container and the top flaps may then be opened up and the side walls of the container opened out so that the contents may be lifted off of thebottom 2 and deposited on a disk or other suitable vessel.

This substantially square container is especially designed for distributing block ice cream but may housed for many other purposes.

I claim A collapsible paper container formed from a single sheet of material out in the form of a Greek cross with foldable wings connecting the arms thereof at their points of intersection, said arms being bendable transversely at their junction with each other whereby a rectangular bottom with upstanding side walls is formed on the setting up of the container, the free ends of said arms being bendable transversely to form overlying top flaps, said foldable wings overlying the ends of the container, and means connecting said wings with said sides, the side walls of said container being provided with transversely extending vertically spaced grooves which perform the double function of markers for the material in the container and as spacers to provide air chambers.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature.

ALBERT HITZERT. 

